The Kingdom of Ordinary Time: Poems
by Marie Howe
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Author: Marie HoweEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-10
ISBN: 0393041999
Number of pages: 96
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Book Reviews of The Kingdom of Ordinary Time: Poems
Book Review: Underwhelming
Summary: 2 Stars
Marie Howe's "Kingdom of Ordinary Time" suggests that poetry of ordinary experience elevated only slightly by (often predictable) turns of irony may have run its course. These poems don't resonate as does the best of Howe's earlier work; only the occasional poem invites a second reading. I looked forward keenly, but found myself let down. There will be an audience for this collection since Howe handles language so skillfully, but there is little here to startle the reader into enthusiasm.
Summary of The Kingdom of Ordinary Time: Poems
An anticipated new volume from Marie Howe whose "poetry is luminous, intense, eloquent, rooted in abundant inner life" (Stanley Kunitz).Hurrying through errands, attending a dying mother, helping her own child down the playground slide, the speaker in these poems wonders: what is the difference between the self and the soul? The secular and the sacred? Where is the kingdom of heaven? And how does one live in Ordinary Time-during those periods that are not apparently miraculous?
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